Serious Flood
The heavy vains of the last two days have caused the highest flood known in Maitland for many years. The River Hunter commenced rising some miles above Maitland early on…
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Floods & storms, 1851
6 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
Maitland Mercury. Saturday, July 5, 1851. the Floods—the Weather—and the Mails
BESIDES the more disastrous and lamentable effects produced by the exceeding heavy rains of the early part of the week, and the floods consequent…
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In our last number we gave an account of the flood in the Hunter River up to Tuesday evening. At six o'clock that evening the river was more than seventeen feet above ordinary…
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The Hunter has continued to fall steadily since Friday last, and yesterday was about four feet above its ordinary level at high water. Wallis's Creek is also falling steadily. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thunder Storms. To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury
SIR—As thunder storms are very frequent in this country, and very dangerous—albeit, many thoughtless people believe the contrary—a few words of advice may be interesting to those who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold Fields. the Turon. (From the S. M. Herald.) Flood and Loss of Life at the Turon
ERSKINE POINT, DEC. 19.—Yesterday afternoon we were visited with a storm (or rather the effects of a storm) of no ordinary description; the first indication of which was the appearance…
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